Reading Day of Action

Patrick Swem, Benton Harbor branch manager, reads to school children March 18 to celebrate this year's Reading Day of Action.

Employees at the $473 million Honor Credit Union joined more than 150 volunteers on March 18 to read books to students in more than 300 classrooms. United Way of Southwest Michigan’s Reading Day of Action 2014 was sponsored by the St. Joseph, Mich.-based cooperative. HCU said in a release the event is in line with its focus on youth development and education.

Patrick Swem, Benton Harbor branch manager was among the HCU employees who participated in the event.

“I had an awesome time reading to a group of pre-schoolers at Discovery Enrichment Center,” he said. “I had so much fun showing the students how exciting reading can be!”